Further up the coast in Ofunato, the port's tugboat still sits in someone's backyard about a kilometer from the water.

再往上溯到大船渡，港口的拖船仍停泊在离水约一公里的某户人家的后院。

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Initial reports from Ofunato on Friday suggested that hundreds of homes had been swept away; the death toll was not yet known.

从Ofunato最初传来的报告说：周五数百户房子被海啸席卷，但是没有人员死亡报告。

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In Japan, a Tzu Chi survey team and a da Ai TV crew arrive in Ofunato City to update us on the harsh conditions faced by quake survivors.

慈济日本勘灾团与大爱台的记者来到大船渡市，告诉我们地震幸存者所面临的艰难环境。

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The city's largest sake brewer decided to rebuild its factory not in Rikuzentakata, but in Ofunato, a less-damaged city nearby.

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Lincolnshire firefighters were part of the rescue effort in Japan following last year's 8.9-magnitude earthquake and tsunami in the coastal town of Ofunato.

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Dr Kato's team has already tested the system successfully in the sea off Ofunato, in the east of the country, and a new system will be placed off Muroto promontory, in the west, early next year.

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